Before being elected to Congress to represent Illinois' fifth district in 2009, Mike Quigley spent 20 years in public service in Chicago. But Quigley had another tool at his disposal when he came to Washington: He was a hockey player.

"Playing pond hockey [growing up], we made our own nets. My brother made one out of wood and chicken wire and nails," Quigley said. "I fell back onto it and cut the back of my scalp top to bottom. I finished the game. After that, how tough can politics be?"

In addition to his work in the U.S. House of Representatives, Quigley has served as chairman of the Congressional Hockey Caucus, worked with the USA Warriors hockey program, and been an advocate Hockey is For Everyone and Hockey on Your Block, a Chicago initiative aimed at giving disadvantaged youths a chance to discover the game.

Evgeni Malkin will not play Sunday for the Pittsburgh Penguins and will continue to undergo further evaluation, coach Dan Bylsma announced after practice Saturday.

Rob Rossi of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported Saturday that Malkin is experiencing symptoms consistent with someone who has a concussion.

"He's still being evaluated as to the extent of the hit and going into the boards hard," Bylsma told reporters after practice. "That's an ongoing process at this point in time."

CHICAGO – The day before scoring the game-winning goal of Friday night's NHL historic performance for the Chicago Blackhawks, rookie Brandon Saad was the "Saad man out."

Brandon Saad

Left Wing - CHI

GOALS: 3 | ASST: 0 | PTS: 3
SOG: 33 | +/-: 2

As teammates changed in front of their lockers at the Blackhawks' practice facility, Saad sat in the middle of the small room on a black folding chair. His "locker stall" was a hockey bag -- and he couldn't have cared less.

A day later, Saad rushed down the ice at United Center at the tail end of a big penalty kill early in the third period and fired a shot from the left circle that not only beat former Blackhawks goalie Antti Niemi, but eventually decided Chicago's 2-1 victory against the San Jose Sharks.

"It's a huge win to be a part of," the 20-year old Saad said after being named the game's first star and scoring Chicago's first shorthanded goal of the season. "To end up getting the winning goal … it's a special time."

Mike Murphy, the National Hockey League's senior vice president of Hockey Operations, isn't ruling out the possibility that one day -- possibly soon -- the concept of a coach's challenge could exist in the NHL.

However, Murphy also warns that the concept is not one that can be adopted without clearly defined criteria for what a coach would be allowed to challenge and what elements of the challenged play would be admissible in the review process.

"Sure, I think that there is a real possibility it could happen, but you'd have to sit down with a group of smart people and you'd have to go through just about every type of play you'd want to allow a challenge for," Murphy told NHL.com. "It can't be used as a tactic. That's a concern. It has to be a legitimate play that has been defined into the coach's challenge rule. Mainly, it's goals."

The concept of a coach's challenge was first brought up by Florida Panthers general manager Dale Tallon at the November 2010 general managers meeting in Toronto. Tallon proposed allowing coaches one challenge per game in order to contest a disputed goal.

Hockey fans looking to get their fill of game action over the next few days should watch NHL Network-US.

The National Hockey League's one-stop shop for the latest news and highlights will provide four live games over the next two days, including a Saturday tripleheader.

The non-stop action hits full stride Saturday with a tripleheader starting at noon, when the New Jersey Devils take on the Washington Capitals.

Under the terms of the Collective Bargaining Agreement, and based on his average annual salary, Hall will forfeit $9,729.72. The money goes to the Players' Emergency Assistance Fund.

The incident occurred at 17:27 of the third period. Hall was assessed a major penalty for kneeing and a game misconduct.

HAZELWOOD, Mo. -- The St. Louis Blues had gone virtually unscathed on the injury front until the past couple weeks.

First came news of veteran Jamie Langenbrunner being done for the season following surgery to repair a torn labrum in his hip. The latest to go down is rookie right wing Vladimir Tarasenko, who was placed on injured reserve with a concussion and facial laceration.

Tarasenko took a hard check from Colorado's Mark Olver in the third period of Wednesday's 1-0 overtime loss to the Avalanche. He was helped off the ice and did not return. Tarasenko was taken to a Denver-area hospital, but flew home with the team that night.

The Blues practiced Friday afternoon, but Tarasenko was not with the team. After placing Tarasenko on IR, the team recalled forward Chris Porter from the Peoria Rivermen of the American Hockey League.

CENTENNIAL, Colo. -- It was hard to tell Friday who was more excited about Gabriel Landeskog's return to the Colorado Avalanche lineup, the 20-year-old left wing and team captain or his teammates. They seemed to have a little more jump than usual in what otherwise would have been a routine practice.

"I'm finally back," Landeskog said. "It feels good. Today was the first [full] practice with the guys. Finally I get out of that pumpkin [orange non-contact] jersey. I haven't been out this long in a few years, so I'm extremely excited to get back."

Landeskog had been wearing the orange jersey while skating with the team for several days this week, but he donned a gray sweater Friday while practicing on a line with center Paul Stastny and right wing David Jones. That's where he'll be Saturday at the Staples Center when the Avalanche open a three-game California trip against the Los Angeles Kings.